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South Africa is under attack from all sides when Elanza, a politically connected heiress blinded by disease and looking for love before it is too late, meets a naïve English boy. Ralph, 18 and innocent, has accidentally stumbled upon Elanza - and South Africa’s biggest secret. When Ralph disappears into the darkest part of the continent to walk home overland, a Swazi spy, the only black African agent working for the apartheid-era National Intelligence Service, comes into both of their lives. 

Following a personal tragedy that almost costs him his job, Constable Vic Holland finds it difficult to adjust in his new role at a new police force. He finds the types of crimes in Cladfield somewhat mundane, so when the opportunity arises to apprehend two notorious local criminals, he can't help but investigate. Desperate to prove himself at his new job, he pursues the criminals alone - a decision that almost costs him his life. However, a stranger comes to his rescue. A stranger who, according to police files, died two years previously.... 

In 1976, twenty-one-year-old Sebastian Abineri was cast in Richard Attenborough's epic war film, A Bridge Too Far. He joined "Attenborough's Private Army" (APA), a group of fifty young British actors, who were brought together to train under the eagle eye of a former director of The SAS to represent the heroic band of Paratroopers who held Arnhem Bridge against insurmountable odds in 1944.

This book is comprised of fascinating stories and anecdotes throughout history, such as how a Bristol merchant may have played a part in giving America its name; why a First World War naval battle was fought in a jungle; and how Sir David Attenborough helped to solve a Victorian murder mystery.